VITAL: Vaccine immunomodulation throughout the aging lifespan

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1141840

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The elderly respond less well to vaccines than their younger counterparts. Flu is particularly dangerous to the elderly. In this proposal we will determine the likely immune mechanism undelying this difference, as well as specifically address the urgent issue of whether prior injection with a whooping cough vaccine makes Flu vaccines less likely to be effective.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $795,117.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cellular Immunology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

B cells | T cells | elderly | inflammation | vaccine

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